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POLISHING APPLIANCE FR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,833, dated October6, 1896. Application filed March 19. 1894. Serial No. 504,122. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, GEORGE F. BowMAN and ALBERT G. LANGELL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPolishing Appliances for Boots and Shoes and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to polishing appliances for boots and shoes, andthe object of the invention is to provide a device or medium which canbe advantageously and effectively employed for rubbing and polishingboots and shoes on the foot. Sometimes this occurs after wearing theshoe when a light deposit of dust is to be removed, sometimes afterblacking to produce a luster on the shine, and sometimes when a liquidor preparation of some kind is appliedto a plain tanned-leather boot orshoe to the end that the material may be distributed and rubbed in andthe shoe duly polished.

Inv the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a cabinet orbox in which our invention is contained and having the lid or coverthrown back so as to disclose the l internal construction and parts.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the cabinet and parts shown in Fig. lwith the lid open, as therein, and the roller-frame elevated `instead ofbeing shown as in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cabinet andparts asv they appear when viewed on about line a: x, Fig.v 2, andshowing all the parts in the position they occupy in Fig. 2. Figs. 4,5,'and 6 represent a modification of the invention, in which Fig. 4 is across-sectional View of the foot device alone separate from any cabinetand With the parts in the relation shown in Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of the device as it appears when used to polish the heel andsides of the shoe and showing a polishing-cloth about the foot and therollers and a hand holding one end of the cloth in the relation itassumes when polishing occurs. Fig. Gis a side elevation of the deviceas it appears when used for polishing the top and front of the shoe andshowing the cloth under the rollers and over the foot and a hand holdingone end of the cloth.

In Figs. l, 2, and 3 we show our invention as it appears when embodiedin or with a case, cabinet, or box A, as seenin said figures. This boXmay have any suitable or desirable size-say, for example, about eighteeninches high and correspondin g width and depth and adapted to serve as areceptacle for boots and shoes and the usual cleaning and blackingappliances. In the particular form of cabinet here disclosed we show areceiving-chainber 2, with the door 3 at the front thereof and apartition 4 above the said chamber, but beneath the polishing mechanism,which is set into the cabinet from above. The covering-lid B serves as acover for the entire cabinet when all the parts are put away and thecabinet is closed.

The special mechanism which is shown here as contain ed in the cabinetis the foot-support C, set into the cabinet centrally thereof andresting, as here shown, upon the partition 4, though it may rest in anyother suitable way, and having a shoulder 5 for the heel of the shoe toabut against and prevent forward sliding of the foot. If the part C beused permanently with a cabinet, as disclosed in Figs. l to 3,inclusive, it may be built directly into said cabinet and become afixture therein; but it may also be built in a frame adapted to be setinto the said cabinet and removable therefrom; In that case it is itselfa separate and distinct articleof manufacture, as it can be usedindependently of the cabinet.

In connection with the part C we employ a frame D, hinged at its rear,in this instance, to the cabinet itself, but adapted to be hinged to theframe or base which carries the part C, provided said frame or base bemade a separate part and independent of the cabinet, whereby it Ymay beused in connection with this particular form of cabinet or someequivalent form, or independently, if preferred. The frame D issupported, when in a horizontal position, in a notch in the part C. Inthis frame are two parallel rollers E, which are designed to come uponeither side of the foot when it rests upon the part C, but upon asoinewhatlower plane than the foot and relatively about as seen in Fig.4. These rollers may be of the proportion here shown or larger,

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as shall be preferred. lf larger, they will operate more easily thanwhen small. Between the rollers E and the support C there is required tobe space for the polishing cloth or sheet to pass down beneath therollers and to operate without coming in contact with the part C, uponwhich the foot is resting.

The frame D is supportedin raised position, as seen in Fig. 3, by arule-joint brace d, one on each side of the said frame, or someequivalent folding brace, the purpose of the brace being to support thesaid frame in the raised position against the pull over the rollers whencleaning of the heel of the boot occurs.

The frame D need have no fastening whatever to hold it down, because theheel of the shoe which is being blackened rests on the front edge ofsaid frame, and therefore the frame is held in its horizontal positionagainst an upward pull on the rollers by the weight and pressure of thefoot.

In Figs. l to G, inclusive, we show the polishin g device separate fromthe cabinet, and show also the manner of its use. As here shown, it is acomplete article and is bought and sold in the market. It is composed oft-he same parts substantiallyas in the preceding figures, but thefoot-support C' is hinged to frame Dl and is used on both sides and hasheel notches or shoulders 5* and S on opposite sides, according as thepolisher is doing heel or front work. lf for heelwork, the piece C' liesdirectly on the fioor and the frame D' and rollers are upright. lf forfront Work, as in Fig. l5, the said support is thrown forward on theframe and the foot holds the whole down. Vhen the parts are as in Fig.5, the toe of the shoe extends somewhat into the chamber of the deviceformed by the bottom ll and the converging sides l2 and rests on thebottoni piece 13 therein. This alone sufiiees to keep frame D in uprightposition notwithstanding any pull thereon by or through the polishingfabric G. This fabric consists in a strip of suitable material, such ascotton V iiannel or the like, which has a soft surface and will notscratch the leather, but will serve to give it polish and luster bybeing drawn back and forth over the surface. Sometimes we make the stripdouble, something after the nature of a belt, and, say, about three feetin length and four or five inches wide. lt may, however, be made ofother material of any suitable character, and in use the ends arethreaded down upon the inside of the rollers and brought up on theoutside thereof, and, as in Fig. 6, the foot is projected under thematerial and the ends thereof are grasped in the hands or other mediumto hold the same. Then the material is drawn back and forth and in doingso a polishing action is given thereto upon the shoe. Bydrawing thematerial back farther on the rollers it is also drawn farther up on theshoe until the whole of the front of the shoe becomes polished. Then topolish the heel the parts are putinto the relation shown in Fig. 5, andthe fabric is brought first about the heel and the ends thereof arecarried through the rollers to the outside, as in Fig. G, and the fabricbeing worked back and forth, as before, the heel and sides of the shoeare polished. Very effective work can be speedily done on the shoe inthis way and the entire operation requires but a short time and iscomparatively easy and cleanly.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a suitablysupported foot-rest, a roller upon eachside of said rest and parallel thereto, and a polishing-cloth inengagement with said rollers, substantially as set forth.

2. A frame and a pair of rollers lengthwise of said frame and journaledin the ends thereof, and a footrest between said rollers, substantiallyas set forth.

A frame and a pair of pa 'allel cylindrical rollers, in combination witha footfrest between said rollers and a strip of flexible polishingmaterial, substantially as set forth.

Witness our hands to the foregoing specilieation this 13th day of March,1894:.

GEORGE l?. BOWMAN. ALBERT G. LANGELL. \Vitnesses:

lI. T. FISHER, GEORGIA SCHAEFFER.

